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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="12-1007" title_number="12" title_name="Building and Material Codes; Other Safety Provisions" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Maryland Building Rehabilitation Code">
  <level label="a">
    <text>At least every 3 years, the Department, in cooperation with the Maryland Building Rehabilitation Code Advisory Council, shall review the MBRC and adopt any necessary or desirable amendments.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A local jurisdiction may adopt amendments to the MBRC that apply only to the local jurisdiction.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A municipal corporation whose authority to adopt or amend a building code is limited, by law, by the authority of the county in which it is located, is not subject to an amendment to the MBRC adopted by the county unless the municipal corporation also adopts the amendment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>To keep current the central database established under § 12-506 of this title, a local jurisdiction that amends the MBRC shall provide a copy of the amendment to the Department:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>at least 15 days before the effective date of the amendment; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>within 5 days after the adoption of an emergency local amendment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A local jurisdiction that amends the MBRC is not eligible for any funding appropriated above the appropriation in fiscal year 2000 for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>circuit rider MBRC inspectors provided under the circuit rider program in the Department;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>training for the local jurisdiction’s code enforcement officials, as provided for in § 12-1003(h)(4) of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a smart growth mortgage program, to be established by the Department under Title 4, Subtitles 2 and 8 of the Housing and Community Development Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the Neighborhood Conservation Program in the Department of Transportation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the Rural Legacy Program established under Title 5, Subtitle 9A of the Natural Resources Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A local jurisdiction that amends the MBRC is not eligible for a priority under the Department of Transportation’s transportation enhancements programs.</text>
  </level>
</section>
